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Early Alpha Build Of Official CM9 Launcher Up For Download, Customization For All 4.0.3 Devices

CyanogenMod 9 is slowly coming together behind closed doors, while we all wait anxiously for it. Every now and then we get a peek behind the curtains of the mad men that bring us CM and today is one of those peeks, and boy is it a good one. We get to see the official Ice Cream Sandwich launcher for CM9 and you can download it and take it for a spin, as long as you realize this is still an alpha build.

The Trebuchet Launcher is made for 4.0.3 devices only, but other than that only needs root to run. As with most Cyanogen, the focus is on customization. Here is a list of a few of the settings that are already working:

Custom number of Homescreens

Enable/Disable Persistent Search Bar

Separated Apps/Widgets in Drawer

Resize Any Widget

Show and Fade Scrolling Indicator in Homescreen and Drawer

Enable/Disable Auto-Rotate

Drawer Apps Sorting (Title, Install Date)

There are more planned features, like infinite scrolling and screen transitions between the app drawer and the home screens. There is flashable .zip and also an .apk that you can replace in your /system apps for however you would like to install it, but be warned; you should make a backup. Head on over to the XDA thread for the instructions.

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when are they fixing this camera on the gnex? transferred some of my old pics of my original droid to my Gnex, when I blew them up the looked great,when i blow up pics taken with my gnex they look awful,very distorted and both phones are 5 megipexil

Anonymous

I want this for Gingerbread D: . And I DO NOT want someone to tell me to try TeamSyndicates, I hate that launcher.

Anonymous

Its a similar concept to Nova Launcher. Modified from the stock launcher.

Ulnek75

i have never rooted my phones so i just want to know if i need to be rooted to use this launcher or is it something new with ics that i don’t have to be rooted? i just know that previous cm stuff you needed to be rooted. thanks.

Or you can just build CM9 right now and flash it. Thats what I am doing. I make my own build and flash it.

Michael Forte

Now just need my Nexus to try this out. Hoping to have it by the end of the week or early next week.

EC8CH

what did you do with your Bionic? Ebay?

Michael Forte

Yeah most likely gonna use EBay or Swappa to sell it.

VanillaSuckMyIce

Good luck with that. There are like 15 Bionics on sale at Swappa. Better post it for like $200 if you want it to sell. It’s sad cuz it is such a great device that the developers have abandoned. No loyalty.

I would much more highly recommend Nova Launcher with a combination of switching the DPI to 241. gives MUCH more screen room and usability and with Nova launcher you can switch it to a 7×6 grid with no downsides. Not to mention nova has many more features than trebuchet as it is.
Nova: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389071

Hmm I’ll give it a try. The ones I’ve been reading about all have at least one broken item. I’m fine with trying new stuff, I would just like full functionality since I sacrificed that so often to keep my D1 running.

Keyan X

GummyNex, RootzBoat, and Zygot3 are all also extremely stable, I’ve used all of them for more than a day.

Anonymous

yea i was on zyg0t3 last night…then i saw that they merged a few and now it’s called axi0m. for some reason, didn’t like it as much…so switched again! 🙂

can’t wait til more of them get on ROM manager so that flashing is easier.

VanillaSuckMyIce

DT roms are mediocre. There has to be something better on the Galaxy Nexus than that, that you could use.

Anonymous

give me some recommendations please. ICS has plenty of GUI customizations. i need something better under the hood.

VanillaSuckMyIce

Sorry, don’t have a Nex so I can’t really help. I would say GummyNex though, because Kejar is just a better developer.

Anonymous

I agree I ran his for a few hours and it had some issue with the power button/ lock screen, I would hit the power button and it would either lag so bad the screen never came on or I could get to the unlock screen and it would but then it would turn the screen off.

kretz7

So basically if you don’t have a galaxy nexus you’re screwed. Any chance we could see news for any other device?

You don’t need a Galaxy Nexus. As the article states, you can use any ROM that is 4.0.3.

Jrm5021

anyone else having problems with the backplate for the gnex? mine doesn’t seem to be fitting snugly on the back… kind of raised up. it’s more of an irritant than a true problem, but it’s driving me crazy!

Gino Fratto

you may have just missed a clip. Peal it back off and start clipping from the bottom up. If you start from the top down it does not go on as smoothly.

Anonymous

Did you use the normal plate over the extended battery? If not you probably just didnt snap it all the way in. Remove it to make sure nothing is under it then press it back in using more pressure around the edge.

Mine is the same. I have a cover on the phone, so you can’t really tell unless you squeeze the phone a little. I’m using the extended battery with the cover that came with the extended battery. It just looks like the lower right corner isn’t snapping down completely. I get the bottom snapped first, the side doesn’t snap…when I snap the sides, another side pops out. Not a big deal since i have the cover…but it’d be nice to have it go on completely. Again, that lower right corner doesn’t seem quite right…i might just have a piece that wasn’t cut just right?

Mkelleygcsi

Mine has the problem under the camera, it is slightly raised and you can push it down. All the clips are completely pushed in so im sure it is just an issue with the backplate i have. Kind of annoying but a case covers mine all the time.

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